Global comparison tests explanations built from a single national history.
Comparative scope does not establish one common cause; national and local differences require evidence.
Schrad challenges exporting a U.S. culture-conflict explanation to other societies. He proposes examining transnational connections and local struggles against liquor commerce, including actors outside Anglo-American missionary networks.
Idea
Global comparison tests explanations built from a single national history.
Reasoning
Schrad challenges exporting a U.S. culture-conflict explanation to other societies. He proposes examining transnational connections and local struggles against liquor commerce, including actors outside Anglo-American missionary networks.
Boundary
Comparative scope does not establish one common cause; national and local differences require evidence.
Connections
Schrad — Global comparison tests explanations built from a single national history
Smashing the Liquor Machine — Global temperance and resistance to exploitation
The War on Alcohol — Selective enforcement and historical visibility